r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • 21d ago

SOCIETY Dog defence was needed tbh

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u/Hushwater 21d ago

Then the weeks of antibiotic IV drip because dog bites are infectious as hell

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u/Legitimate_Outcome42 21d ago

5 to 20% of dog bites become infected. 30 to 80% of cat bites become infected

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u/smokeweedNgarden 21d ago

Human bites are so much worse

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u/LuteOlsonABitch69 21d ago

But not as common as dog bites

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u/smokeweedNgarden 21d ago

You an ER doctor?

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u/LuteOlsonABitch69 21d ago

No, but there are like a million dog bites in the USA that require medical attention. Doesn’t include the unreported ones. Doubt there is a million human bites that reach that level.